Rail freight

Performance figures

With its cargoes of timber, raw materials, food and drink, materials for recycling or petroleum products, Graubünden's own goods line provides a vital link between rail and road for all these vital supplies and much else besides. Efficient and environmentally sound.

Ongoing renovation of existing rolling stock, with adjustments to logistics services to meet the demands of the market and improved freight-handling facilities, along with the promotion of a combined approach to transport, all maintain goods railway traffic as an important part of life in the Canton of Graubünden.

Performance figures

2016

2015

Train kilometres

km

468,000

482,000

Metric tonnes transported

t

670,000

553,000

Tonne kilometres*

km

35,373,000

34,257,000

Remuneration per tonne kilometre

CHF

0.16

0.17

Average transport distance

km

52,78

61,95

Average revenue per tonne

CHF

25.63

29.66

* Total distance in kilometres covered by transported goods on the RhB line network.

The transport of goods by rail saves the inhabitants of the Swiss Canton of Graubünden many thousands of truck journeys every year.